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Backfilling means ‘a recovery operation where waste is used in excavated areas (such as underground mines, gravel pits) for the purpose of slope reclamation or safety or for engineering purposes in landscaping and where the waste is substituting other non-waste materials which would have had to be used for the purpose.’<ref> [[DEFRA]], 2019 | [[Backfilling]] means ‘a [[recovery]] operation where waste is used in excavated areas (such as underground mines, gravel pits) for the purpose of slope reclamation or safety or for engineering purposes in landscaping and where the [[Waste|waste]] is substituting other non-waste materials which would have had to be used for the purpose.’<ref> [[DEFRA]], 2019 [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/784263/UK_Statistics_on_Waste_statistical_notice_March_2019_rev_FINAL.pdf UK Statistics on Waste. London: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Government Statistical Service.] </ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:47, 8 December 2020
Backfilling means ‘a recovery operation where waste is used in excavated areas (such as underground mines, gravel pits) for the purpose of slope reclamation or safety or for engineering purposes in landscaping and where the waste is substituting other non-waste materials which would have had to be used for the purpose.’[1]